Description

In Common Law, Travis Marks (Ealy) and Wes Mitchell (Kole) are two partners who – apart from their polarity and odd couple behavior – have a seven-year track record as the Los Angeles Police Department's best detectives in the Robbery-Homicide Division. Since their constant bickering is interfering with work, their new-age captain (McGee) – who found counseling changed his life – sends them to couples' therapy. Dr. Ryan (Walger), a tough-as-nails therapist, tries to help them understand and resolve their conflicts and confront their demons in order to enhance their ability to work together solving crimes.
As Dr. Ryan explores their relationship we find out these two are birds of a feather professionally, and their personal differences actually balance them out. Wes is a former lawyer whose sensitivity to an event in his life sparked his desire to become a cop and who sacrificed his marriage to do so. He sees things in black and white, is responsible, compulsively organized, methodical and often over thinks decisions. Travis is a former juvenile delinquent and maverick ladies man who was has a fear of abandonment, commitment and intimacy. While he's an open book and deeply trusts his gut instincts, he's carefree, irresponsible, disorganized and doesn't play by the rules. We soon learn that a successful relationship or partnership doesn't mean you have to like the same things; you just have to hate the same things and sometimes that makes for a stronger union.

Wes and Travis investigate the murder of a woman whose death could be linked to her involvement in a dating website. During their investigation, Wes discovers that his ex-wife has a profile on the same site and has begun dating.

In Therapy, Wes and Travis are given the exercise of role play by Dr. Ryan. Although living in each other's shoes tests their partnership more than usual, it ultimately leads to them solving the case of a woman who was strangled to death.

When Wes and Travis suspect a crime novelist of helping a criminal mastermind escape prison, they are forced to "live together" while staking out the apartment belonging to their subject who's far too attached to the stories she creates.

Wes makes the mistake of confiding in Travis that he's been having erotic dreams of Dr. Ryan. The admission quickly takes a back seat to the fact that her fiance may know more than he's letting on about a dead body that's been discovered at his construction site.

Customer Reviews

something different.

Awesome show!

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Kay9cool

Love it!! It's really funny and just all around a good show!! Plus they are both HOT guys! :)

Starsky & Hutch 2012…not quite but interesting enough to watch

by
991tts

I enjoyed the Pilot, the characters mix well, the bickering is believable but something is missing. Maybe it takes another two or three episodes to create a perfect chemistry, at least I hope so. This show has a lot of potential to become a modern version of Starsky & Hutch but they need to be careful not to exaggerate the comic part…or the more serious part for that matter.If they get the mix right, this show could be a huge success. The Pilot was promising but not worth five stars. Yet.